Black Nerds Create (formerly Black Girls Create) is a collective that provides content through a lens of critical and creative fandom, in order to advocate for and contribute to meaningful representation in media for Black folks specifically, and systemically marginalized people in general.

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Featured Projects

Click on a project or headshot above to learn more. Visit COLLECTIVE to see all of Black Nerds Create past content and programing.

Obsidian Archive

The Obsidian Archive includes blog posts, critical essays, and fan fiction written by Black Girls Create members, contributors, and community from our inception, until our rebrand to Black Nerds Create in 2022. Take a trip through time and peruse through the blog, Critical Companion series for inspiration, nuanced critiques, and wonderful stories!

We Black & Nerds

Black Girls Create blog was a space that worked to be representative of our realities and experiences as a way to counter the ones largely depicted in the mainstream. The blog hosted a variety of commentary on popular culture including book reviews, television and film recaps, personal essays, and our contributor-led series The Critical Companion, a bi-monthly themed project that delved into different aspects of critical fandom.

The Critical Companion

What ‘Harry Potter’ Doesn’t Teach Us About Allyship & Activism

How does Harry Potter’s Order of the Phoenix show the failures of the series to show a truly progressive and anti-supremacist narrative? What can we learn from these inadequacies of the story to be better allies in the real world?

Sineya, The First Slayer Reimagined — How ‘Buffy’ Failed Black Girl Magic

Crystal discusses Sineya in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and some of the issues with her storyline.

How do the Character Descriptions in ‘Harry Potter’ Hold Up 20 Years Later?

Talia discusses the Harry Potter series falls subject to body shaming.

Coping with the K-Pop Fandom as a Black Woman

Khadejah writes about how her love of K-Pop has been tested by its fandom.

Revisiting Harry Potter’s Final Battle: Where Did All the Kreatures Go?

Talia looks back at the final battle of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and searches for the magical creatures and the important role they should have played.

A Seat on the TARBIS: In Defense of Danny Pink

Amani discusses Doctor Who’s Danny Pink, and why fans should give him a little more grace.

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Author Spotlight

Featured Creators

Meet Black women who are creating space and art, learn about their process, and why they believe it is important for Black people to be creators. We feature a new Creator at the beginning of each month.